UNHCR BOTSWANA JOB OPPORTUNITY

PROTECTION ASSOCIATE

Category and Level GL6 (locally recruited)

Location Gaborone-Botswana

Type of Vacancy Internal/External

Type of Contract Fixed Appointment

Vacancy number PN 10024692

Responsibilities

Stay abreast of political, social, economic and cultural developments that have an impact on the protection
environment.
Consistently apply International and National Law and applicable UN/UNHCR and IASC policy, standards
and codes of conduct.
Assist in providing comments on existing and draft legislation related to persons of concern.
Provide advice on protection issues to persons of concern; liaise with competent authorities to ensure the
issuance of personal and other relevant documentation.
Assist in conducting eligibility and status determination for persons of concern.
Contribute to measures to identify, prevent and reduce statelessness.
Contribute to a country-level child protection plan as part of the protection strategy.
Contribute to a country-level education plan as part of the protection strategy.
Monitor Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all protection/solutions activities.
Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child protection. Monitor, and intervene
in cases of refoulement, expulsion and other protection incidents.
Assist in identifying durable solutions for the largest possible number of persons of concern through voluntary
repatriation, local integration and where appropriate, resettlement.
Contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of protection related AGD based programming
with implementing and operational partners.
Contribute to effective information management through the provision of disaggregated data on populations
of concern and their problems.
Participate in initiatives to capacitate authorities, relevant institutions and NGOs to strengthen national
protection related legislation and procedures.

Qualifications

Education: Completion of secondary school. Additional certificate/training in International Law, Political
Science or related fi eld is required.
Job experience: Relevant to the function: 6 years.
Fluency in English and working knowledge of another relevant UN language or local language.
Good computer skills and completed Protection Learning Programme is desirable.